Satellite of Love
Earlier this week you may have heard that the merger deal to unify Sirius Radio and XM Radio was approved. The only question that was holding the approval back is that it seemingly turns satellite radio into a monopoly held by one company.
Well, since the approval there has been some other news relating to the merger, let’s just say that communication companies broadcasting on regular radio are not happy:
Howie Carr (Boston’s WRKO) was reading the news on the air about the Department of Justice approving the merger and was bleeped over by his producer* when he said the names of the merging companies. WRKO is owned by Entercom Communications.
Clear Channel Communications, one of Entercom’s competitors, has gone a step further and has asked the FCC to impose a list of conditions on to the newly formed Sirius/XM alliance. Read more »
Yes, I know this has been slowly making its way around the net this week and when I first saw ti I wasn’t too excited about it. But then I took a little while and actually checked it out- it is kind of useful and definitely worth peeking at, especially if you are in New York, and get this, it even has some information on the boroughs.
I am not a big Bill O’Reilly fan… Well, technically I guess that is not true. Every now and then when nothing else is on TV I like to flip to his show to get a good laugh about some ridiculous belief he has about how people in this country actually are or his take on the evil left.